No, it's not age verification — privacy is the top reason UK children use a VPN

• Government report shows British kids mainly use a VPN to improve their privacy
• Only a fifth of VPN users use the tech to bypass age verification
• Pretending to be older is the most common way to dodge age checks

As the debate surrounding potential VPN restrictions heats up in the UK, a government report has cast doubt on whether such drastic measures are justified.

According to the study commissioned by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), digital privacy is the primary driver behind VPN use among British children.

Content unblocking ranks as the second most common motivation, with children using the tools to access specific apps and media from other countries.

Crucially, the desire to bypass mandatory age checks ranks much further down the list, with only about a fifth of young VPN users actively using the software to evade age checks. This equates to just 7% of...

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